Got to Seaside right around 8:00PM as I had planned - 350 miles of driving. The traffic around Seattle is getting worse and worse - last year, it was bad at 3:00PM from Northgate through SeaTac - today it was bad at 3:00PM from Everett through Seattle, and ten miles past Tacoma.
I think next year (or any time I need to get to Seattle,) I will leave Maple Falls at 9:30AM to hit the traffic just before noon. I'll have to do a seat-of-the-pants observation of traffic cameras to see if this would work out.
Stopped for McDonalds around 6:00PM and then had some fish and chips (a local dive called The Bridge Tender - good food!) after I checked into the hotel. Liking this hotel a lot more than the first place I stayed at - a little farther from the convention center but 40% cheaper and really nice amenities.
Spending tomorrow hitting some of the Lewis and Clark sites - there are a lot of them here. Batteries charging on my desk as I type.
Blog for a bit and then to bed...
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